ARTICLE INDEX

Darren Sudlow — March 22, 2020

Some key points to consider when planning to take your face to face class / school fully online. Read More

VLN Community — August 11, 2020

View our last workshop on how to ensure learning takes places. This explores how we can make learning visible, track it, and respond. Read More

Rachel Whalley — August 29, 2019

To mark 25 years of virtual learning in New Zealand we have compiled a collation of research and reports that focus on the policy and practice of online, flexible and distance learning in New Zealand schools. Read More

VLN Community — June 15, 2020

How do we approach learner well-being online? View the recording of the workshop to fully explore this question. Read More

VLN Community — June 7, 2020

Access the full recording of the panel discussion exploring what we have learned from our recent lockdown and what opportunities that experience has presented. Read More

VLN Community — May 27, 2020

Access the recording and follow up resources from the recent Designing for Engagement Workshop Read More

VLN Community — May 13, 2020

Recordings from the workshop on how to adapt face to face contexts online. Read More

VLN Community — April 26, 2020

Full recording and follow up links for Workshop one from the VLN Community PLD series Read More

Darren Sudlow — March 26, 2020

What are we aiming for in online learning? Do we want to replicate a classroom online? Or do we want to develop a community? Read More

Darren Sudlow — March 26, 2020

As a parent and educator it has been very interesting to watch schools respond to our current lock down situation. Read More

Darren Sudlow — June 6, 2017

If we are to prepare our learners for an ever changing world we need to see online learning as more than a bolt on to our local curriculum Read More

Darren Sudlow — March 25, 2020

Netiquette is the term used to refer to etiquette, or rules of acceptable behavior, on the Internet. Read More

VLNC — March 25, 2020

There is no definitive approach to a video conference/hangout lesson. Some teachers treat it like a tutorial, while for others it looks much more like a structured traditional lesson. Read More

Darren Sudlow — March 25, 2020

When we talk about community, then, we are talking about the feeling of belonging. This concept applies within the walls of the classroom (virtual, though they may be), as well as outside those walls. A major benefit that online environments have over traditional brick-and-mortar environments is that they allow us to easily negotiate connections within local, national, and global networks. Read More

Professor Kwok-Wing Lai — May 27, 2019

Professor Kwok-Wing Lai, examines some of the key findings on Knowledge Building from the literature. Read More

Margaret Macpherson — May 26, 2019

The Knowledge Building (KB) pedagogical approach developed by Marlene Scardamalia and Carl Bereiter (2006) at the University of Toronto aims to support the development of young people’s knowledge-building capability. Read More

Darren Sudlow — May 27, 2019

The social, economic and political well-being of modern societies will rely on the capacity of their citizens to be able to innovate and work creatively with knowledge across all fields (OECD, 2008). Read More

Philippa Mallinson — May 27, 2019

Philippa Mallinson draws on some of the key aspects of Knowledge Building highlighted by the literature. Read More

KB Singapore — May 27, 2019

KB Singapore's excellent representation of the KB Principles Read More

NetNZ Teachers — March 25, 2020

Advice pulled together from teachers who teach online Read More

Rachel Whalley — September 16, 2019

Copyright and Creative Commons was the focus of the workshop on 3 September by Mandy Henk from Tohatoha Aotearoa Commons for NEX online teachers. Read More

Darren Sudlow — July 24, 2019

Recording of a workshop on how to apply knowledge building approaches to learning Read More

Darren Sudlow — March 23, 2020

Putting a course together that is clear, follows a logical structure, promotes student interaction and that develops engaging approaches to learning is no easy feat. The following section is designed to give you some ideas on how to do this. Read More

Darren Sudlow — March 24, 2020

How you design learning online is an integral part of enabling learning online. Design needs to be carefully thought through and implemented. Read More

Darren Sudlow — March 24, 2020

Traditional learning design can constrain. Emergent design refers to an approach to online learning that is learner centred and directed, flexible, and collaborative Read More

Darren Sudlow — March 25, 2020

Learner-centeredness is about enabling the construction of knowledge based on goals that are important to the learner. It is the recognition of learners as diverse individuals with different interests, needs, and capabilities. Read More

Darren Sudlow — March 24, 2020

As mentioned in the vide, just putting together a series of resources online that you expect students to work through is not engaging for them. How you design the learning is important when trying to engage learners. Think about the following Read More

Rachel Whalley — March 16, 2020

COVID19 is having a huge impact in Aotearoa New Zealand and globally. How are you preparing for when the impacts are closely felt in your school and community? NZ eteachers recently participated in an online workshop designed to support them with the basics of preparing to teach online. Read More

Rachel Whalley — March 22, 2020

It is really important at this time for schools to prepare, plan, and practise for online learning in their schools. Read More

Darren Sudlow — September 24, 2019

The term 'online learning' is often used in its broadest sense to reflect any form of learning using the internet, but what form can learning take when moved into a barrier free, online environment? What are the possibilities for connected forms of learning over the next ten years? Join Steve Wheeler in an exploration of 'Connected Pedagogy'. Read More

Madlen Kunath — July 14, 2019

How can we encourage our students to practise what they learned outside the online classroom and use more target language in our short online sessions? Read More

Marina Krijgsman — June 5, 2019

How can we work together as eDeans and eTeachers to enable each student to build the skills and dispositions that allows them to be a successful learner? Read More

Darren Sudlow — March 25, 2020

All teachers fear the out-of-control classroom. In fact, it is a common belief that teaching online allows avoiding all of the discipline and classroom management issues found in face-to-face classrooms. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Read More

Angela Mitchell — May 5, 2019

How can I support my students to develop key learning dispositions in the online environment? Read More

Philippa Mallinson — April 10, 2019

How can community be developed in the online space and how can authentic learning be captured? Read More